ADVERTISEMENT

404

Not Found

Is this what you were looking for?

tag peer review evolution ecology

Week in Review: August 18–22
Tracy Vence | Aug 22, 2014 | 3 min read
Neanderthal extinction; eradicating polio; virus takes down massive algal bloom; receptor behind the hummingbird’s sweet tooth; legal threat for PubPeer; price tag of scientific fraud
Replication Failures Highlight Biases in Ecology and Evolution Science
Yao-Hua Law | Aug 1, 2018 | 6 min read
As robust efforts fail to reproduce findings of influential zebra finch studies from the 1980s, scientists discuss ways to reduce bias in such research.
Evolution’s Quick Pace Affects Ecosystem Dynamics
Jef Akst | May 1, 2017 | 10+ min read
From fish harvests to cottonwood forests, organisms display evidence that species change can occur on timescales that can influence ecological processes.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Evolution, Tout de Suite
Richard P. Grant | Oct 1, 2011 | 4 min read
Epigenetic perturbations could jump-start heritable variation.
Reviewing The Reviewers
Arthur Shapiro | Sep 4, 1994 | 1 min read
The Scientist [P. McCarthy, page 1]: Most of us have probably suspected that our manuscripts were being reviewed by ill-informed and unqualified reviewers, but rarely do we get a clear indication that such is the case. Twice within the past few years I have done the same inadvertent experiment by accidentally omitting a pivotal citation from a manuscript. Anyone qualified to review either paper should have spotted so glaring an omi
Reviewing The Reviewers
Arthur Shapiro | Sep 4, 1994 | 1 min read
The Scientist [P. McCarthy, page 1]: Most of us have probably suspected that our manuscripts were being reviewed by ill-informed and unqualified reviewers, but rarely do we get a clear indication that such is the case. Twice within the past few years I have done the same inadvertent experiment by accidentally omitting a pivotal citation from a manuscript. Anyone qualified to review either paper should have spotted so glaring an omi
A Scientist Emerges
Jef Akst | Aug 1, 2012 | 3 min read
At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
Where the Wild Things Were
Daniel Cossins | May 1, 2014 | 10+ min read
Conservationists are reintroducing large animals to areas they once roamed, providing ecologists with the chance to assess whether such “rewilding” efforts can restore lost ecosystems.
two women wearing plastic gloves hold up hand-sized air-capture devices in a wooded area.
Scientists ID Dozens of Plants, Animals from Free-Floating DNA
Dan Robitzski | Jan 6, 2022 | 8 min read
In a trio of studies, researchers report capturing and analyzing airborne environmental DNA from a wide variety of plants and animals, suggesting a new way of monitoring which terrestrial species are present in an area.

Run a Search

ADVERTISEMENT